Safety appliance for flying-machines.



L. W. STOLU SAFETY APPLIANCE FOR FLYING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2Z,1911. L LUQQJYYE. Patented June 11,1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1,

L. W. STOLP.

SAFETY APPLIANCE FOR FLYING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.22,1911, 1,029,475. Patented June 11, 1912 2 SHBETS-SHEET Wiiwwmo UNITED STATES omen Louis w. s'ronr, or wasmnoron; ms'rmo'r or commune.

SAFETY APPLXAJiQE FOR FLYING-MACHINES.

1,029,475. p fi m mmn mt Patented June 11,- 1o12. 1 Application filed November 22, 1911. ser1a1'm.ee1,a19. Y i

' Toall whom it may concern:' 3 is an enlarged central longitudinal sec- Be it known that I, LOUIS WPSTOLP, a tional iew throu h the parachute, Fig. 4 is; citizen of the United States, residing at a further enlarge fragmentary detail view; 'Washington, in the District of Columbia, of the lower portionof the parachute, Fig.5 5 have invented certain new and useful- Im 'is-a plan yiew of the seat,' s.fnd, Fig.6 1s arovemer'itsin Safety Appliances for Flysectional iew taken through-the strut 6; mg-Machines, of which the following is a In the drawings wherem is illustrated a specification. y preferred embodiment of n'y invention, the The present invention relatesto means for numeral 1 designates a whole'aflying' ma- I lQ use in connection with flying machines, to chine such as the'inachine. AL -ff"-}safely. lower the operator to gthe -ground,' the i111 jh'aye shown..-n1y-ifinvention as} apt 4; whenithe-machine becomes inoperative dur- If tothis-form of 'j' 'e,=l'..do not wish "'ingflight; due. to "accidents, tilting ofthei in any' nvay-ijtoire'strict"myself-to such emf niaohine,'or. the like. v u ployment 'alone asjanywform fjilyingmm' important-object'of the-?present m-" chine mayhe'used." 40

5 vention.. is'.to. provide means of theabove Thegilying naclune mentioned-characteigwhich will not-1n any imme-woske; 'plenesfi gflgin g ml 5 Kayinterfere'with the freedomof action of pellerbij 'lfhe'frame-mork iulrtheit comprises I dop'erator orhis'controlover the machine inclined lfforwardly. extending rodsortubes -n'ot'impede the flight of-the ma: fi conneeted with 'the'ftorwardrudder (notf i'ohine toany perceptible extent. shown). I

- A -further .object of my invention is to The numeral 7 desi'g'izj'intes' the steering.

\ 'provide means'of the aboivementionedcher wheel foropemting the rwardrudder. I

acter,, which are simple in construction, My invention comprises the proyision tot. 1 1:; quick and positive in operation; and cheap an operators support or seat'8j, which is dis- 8Q, f to manufacture.-. posed in the mostconvenient'position, dc-

In carrymgout my invention; I

y ems pending upon the pe offlyingmachine in -ploy' -anyT-forin of flying machine an IdiS'? connection with-w ich it is; employed; I 1 with theordinary operators seat inhave shown the-seat S-diS QSedforWardIy cluded therein. --To' the frame-work of the of the planes 3. and-nearlthesteering WW1 86 "machine I detaehably connect my improved 7. The seat'8 has-a latch 9 dis ose' therei Y scan-having suitable connection with a prefbelow and pivotally connected erewith, as ewbly foldable glidingstructure in'ytheform shown at 10. ,This latch'hns its ends bent 'Qf-a' erachute. Automatic means'mayprefl at v right angles, for forming tongues 11," 35 crab y be provided for opening the top'or which lie upon the diagonal rods'fi and enter umbrella portion of theparachute; A suitaperturedi brackets 12, fixedlysecured to the able latch serves to detachably connect the rods 6. g The latch 9 detachably and rig- .seat toithe frame-work of the machine and idly connects the-seat 8 with' the rods 6. common'upeans are. provided for simultan'eprovide aparachnte rising a staff 4 ously opet'ating' the -automatic means for or tube l3, upon whichas ongitudinally opening'the par'achuteend moving the 'latch' movably mounted a ring 14, having connecto disconnect the seat' from the frame-work tions with the lower endsof retractile coil of themachine. sprin 15, which have theix upper ends at It is tot-be understood that the invention tache to a ring 16,that is rigidly connected 45 :is not restricted by the inclusion of anyelewith the upper end of the -staff 13. There 190' mentsfaxopths set forth 'in',the annexed may be any suitable. number of the Springsw In theqaccompanying drawings forming a The numeral 17 designates the top or part of specification and which like umbrella .ortion of the'parechute and may 59 numerals are [employed to designate like he prefiera 1 formed bfgilk, canvas, or any arts throughout the same, Figure l is a other suitab e material. The top 17 is suit-7' v entary side view of ;a Gurt-iss flying ably mounted upon 18,.the upper ends. e'equipped with my safety appliance,' of which are hinged'to the ring 16, as show 2 is a fiagmentary front .end- View of The ribs 18 have pivotal colnnectidnmidva 55 the-same, sho'wmgthe parachute open, theirends with spreaders lfi as shoyn gu i with preferably. diametrically arranged openings, within which are mounted swin ing triggers or holders 23, pivoted at ftheir upperends, as shown at 24. The triggers in elf-holders 23 are forced apart or hel position by a compressible coil their outer.

connected therewit as shown.

a s ri'ng'125,

' l hen the triggers or holders 23 occupy I the same and normally their outer position they extend beyond the staff or tube13and their lower ends are in the path of travel of the ring ll, to engage prevent its upward movement. Suitable means are provided to swing the tri gers or holders 23 inwardly so that the" isengage the ring 14 and said ring is released, ing in the form qf'a cable 26 or the like, coniiected with said triggers or holders,- as shown; i

Pivotally mounted upon the operators support-or seat 8, as shown at 27, is an operatinglever 28, to the lower end of which ispivofed a link 29, having pivotal connectionwith'one end of the latch 9. as shownat 30. The' cable 26 extends axially through fixed upon the seat. 8 and flight and on account of an accident or the the staff or tube 13 and throughvan eye 31 then is attached to the lever 28 adjacent the connection of the link 29 with said levenas shown. It is thus seen that the lever 28 constitutes common means for simultaneously operating the triggersor holders 23 to release the ring 14 and for movingthe latch 9 to disconnect the seat 8 from the rods 6.

Connected with the lower end of the staff or tube 13 is a. ring 32, to which are connected rods 33, diverging downwardly, as shown, for connection with the seat 8/ The o eration of the device is as follows:-Assuming that the machine 1 is in like. the same begins to fall, the operator on the seat 8 at once swings the lever 28 in the direction of the arrow, whereby the cable 26 is pulled downwardly and the triggers or holders 23 moved inwardly to release the ring 14. The springs 15 now draw the ring 14 upwardly along the staff or tube 13, whereby the top 9r umbrella portion of the parachute is opened. Simultaneouslv'with the downward movement of the cable 26, the link 29 is moved to draw the tongues 11 out of the brackets 1'21, whereby the seat 8 is disconnected from the frame' work of the machine. The operator is thus freed from 6 staff-:13 is provided near its lower end work, a parachute connected such means preferably be-.-

operators' seat in lowered safely to the ground. 7 It isto be understood that the'form of my invent-ion herewith shown and described 1s 'to be taken as a preferred example ofthe same and that certain changes in the shape,

of parts ma be resize and arrangement sorted to without departing from t e spirit of the invention or the scope of the sub joined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim I 1. The combination with the frame-work of a fiyingmachinqoi an o eratbrs seat,

means including a movable e ement to. se-

curely holdthe operators seat in place upon said frame-work, manually. operated means tompve the. element torelease the operators seat from its connection with said frame-' with the operators seat, including an umbrella ortion', automatic means to o n the umbrell tion and normally he d erated means to release said automatic means-for opening the umbrella portion.

2. The combination with the frame-work of a flying machine, o an operators support, a movable element erated means to move chute connected with port including an umbrella v, 4 means operated simultaneous y with the movement of the manually operated means a 99?. ainst movement, and means movable with said manually o to connect the sup-j, portwith the' frame-work, manually o pi the element, a,'parathe operator-h suportio'n, and

to. open thdumbxella'portion ofthe chute.

3. Thecombination with the frame-work of a flying machine, ofbrackets' secured to such frame-work,

an operators" seat "dis M posed between the brackets, an element'piv otally connected 'with "the operatoi' s' seat;

and having oppositely extending end er: time movable into and outof the brackets,

a hand lever pivoted upon the operators ,i

seat and having operative connection with the pivoted element, and a parachuteacon nected with the operators seat. 4. The combination with the lramb-work of a flying machine, ofan'operators *igat, detachable means for securely holdingtht opera'tors seatin place upon said frame work, a parachute connected with the operators seat including an umbrella portion,

means for-opening'the umbrella portion of the parachutepnd common means to operate the first and second named means.

5. The combination with the frame-wbrk of a living machine, of an operators seat,

detachable means for securely holdingthe said operators scat, including a staff and place upon said frgmeumbrella portion, means to open said umbrellai portion comprising an element longitudinally movably mounted on the staff,

a spring to movethe element when released, 41 i -device to normally. hold the element f inst movement, and common means to f eve said device and pivoted latch.

6. The combination withv a. fiyin machine, of an operators seat, a latch or detaehably connecting said operators seat with the frame-lwork ofthe flying machine, a

' parachute connected with said 'operators seat including ajtafi, an umbrella portion connected therewith, means to open said umbrella portion comprising an element longitudinally movably mounted upon the staff, a spring tending to move the element in one direction along the staff to open the I umbrella portion, a device to normally hold chine, of an operators-seat, alatch pivotally connected with said operators seat for detachably securing the same to the framework of the flying machine. a -'para(-hute connected with said operato'rs seat includtherewith. means to open said umbrella portion comprising an element loinritudiually novahly mounted upon the stall. retractilc coil springs connected with said element and theupper portion of the staff. pivoted triggerm'iormally disposed to prevent the move ment ofsaid element to open said umbrella portion of parachute, a lever pivoted upon tl'icvpperators seat, connecting means between said lever and triggers, andconnecting means between said lever and pivoted latch.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature iii presence of two witnesses.

' LOUIS V. STOLP.

\Vitnesses: B. S. Frsrmumvn, H. C. Bonn.

mg a staff. an umbrellaportion connected 

